The impact of drought on wheat leaf cuticle properties

The impact of drought on wheat leaf cuticle properties

Abstract Background The plant cuticle is the outermost layer covering aerial tissues and is composed of cutin and waxes. The cuticle plays an important role in protection from environmental stresses and glaucousness, the bluish-white colouration of plant surfaces associated with cuticular waxes, has...

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Main Authors: Huihui Bi, Nataliya Kovalchuk, Peter Langridge, Penny J. Tricker, Sergiy Lopato, Nikolai Borisjuk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:BMC Plant Biology
Subjects:
Cuticular wax
β-diketone
Glaucousness
Residual transpiration rate
Stomatal density
Triticum aestivum
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12870-017-1033-3

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